On Wednesday, Muhammadu Yahaya, the governor of Gombe State, supported the events taking place within his political party, the All Progressives Congress, where there have been rumblings of expulsion.
Shortly after his arrival back in Gombe following his weeks-long vacation for the Hajj, he revealed this during an interview with journalists at the airport.
Recall that Danjuma Goje, the senator for Gombe Central, Bulus Amos, the senator for Gombe South, and Yunusa Abubakar, the member for Yalmatu Deba Federal Constituency, were all accused of engaging in anti-party actions.
According to reports, in a separate briefing announcing their expulsion, the chairmen of their individual wards and local government areas stated that they had failed to defend themselves against accusations of flagrant wrongdoing and openly endorsing other parties and candidates.
Muhammad Kaka, the chairman of the APC in the Bambam ward, on May 2, said that the ward executives had no choice but to remove Amos.
According to Kaka, the senator’s expulsion became necessary when he chose to threaten party officials in the senator’s district rather than confront the accusations made against him.
“We held elections in our ward during the just concluded general elections and we have Amos from our ward who didn’t come out to partake in our political activities.
“Instead the senator went round with his supporters telling them not to vote the APC and in his polling unit and the surrounding polling units APC didn’t win any of those units because of his anti-party activities,” he said.
Goje was expelled from Kashere on April 18 for, among other things, showing “open support for opposition party candidates by hosting the NNPP gubernatorial candidate and the PDP Akko Federal House of Representatives candidate at his residence and offering support against the interest of his party, the APC.
“Making unguarded utterances and pronouncements capable of undermining the APC administration in Gombe State.”
Reacting to questions about the current happenings in Gombe APC Yahaya said, “First there are leaders in the party and whatever they decide is biding on all of us, so I am also bound by the decision of the party.
“Developments are dynamic, so what has been happening is for the betterment of the people and the party.”
On the impact of his absence on the May 29 handover activities, Yahaya noted that those who had been saddled with the responsibility in that regard have been doing their jobs.
“I am happy that I am back home and I assure the people that we shall continue to do the good works for the benefit of the people,” Yahaya added.i
